December 2021 Humble Bundle
Alright! Here we are with another month of 12 games dropped in the Humble Bundle Choice subscriptions. This is the first bundle that will drop for me in my new home of Australia, and while I'm staying at my parents in law's place... I might not be able to hit up the internet in the huge way that I normally do... at least until I know that they don't have data caps or throttling of any sort! Otherwise, it could be a really awkward stay...
So, this month looks pretty decent... with a few games that I have already had on my Steam wishlist... so, it is nice to pick up a bunch of those for that low low subscription price. As always, I'm just going to take a quick look through the listing and see if there are any that I keep... or if the extra keys will just go on a market someplace!
Maneater
MORDHAU
Endzone - A World Apart
Beyond The Wire
Partisans 1941
The Survivalists
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
Greak: Memories of Azur
Fling to the Finish
TOHU
Voidigo
Headlining this month's bundle is a pretty strange but weirdly compelling game.. Maneater! Developed by Tripwire (who are well known for some pretty decent games!), it is the RPG open world game where you play a shark... a shark that is hunting down their mother's human killer! How is this not incredibly cool as a story and game mechanic hook? Seriously, I would burn through anyone's data cap just to get this game!
MORDHAU (allcaps?) is a multiplayer melee/shooter. Well, it does look alright... but I'm not really sure that this sort of thing really grabs me anymore. I'm not that keen on multiplayer, and it appears that this game would need some pretty high player counts to make it interesting. It does look pretty nice though... but I think that I will skip it due to the multiplayer design and requirement.
Endzone is an apocalypse city builder that has been sitting on my wishlist for quite some time. I'm a fan of these sorts of games, but there hasn't been a single one that has managed to scratch that itch... the balance between survival, builder and open gameplay. Perhaps Endzone will be the one? I'm definitely going to try it to find out!
Beyond the Wire... a WW1 Multiplayer FPS. There are very few games that have WW1 as a setting, and this does look pretty decent. However, I've really passed the age where I don't find multiplayer games that fun anymore... and so, I'm going to send this straight to the games store. No comment on the game... it is me, I'm just not a fan of multiplayer.
Partisans is another game that has been sitting on my wishlist for quite some time. It takes the Desperados isometric mechanics and sets it into a WW2 behind the lines setting... I'm pretty keen to try it out, but I'm a little wary about Daedelic as the publisher...I've rarely like their games.
The Survivalists is another survival sandbox game in the Don't Starve vein of things (or Rimworld)... it looks okay, and it is developed by the famed Team 17. I'm a bit on the fence about this... it looks like it could be fun, and the reviews are definitely impressive. Perhaps this is a game that I could play multiplayer with my kids? I just have to check to see if we can do it all on a single key... or if I'm going to have to pick up multiple keys just to try it out. As a single player game, I think I'm going to stick with RimWorld!
Lacuna is a bit of a retro point and click adventure game... with these games, they depend highly on the story for the quality of the game, and you can only test that by playing. Still, this has some pretty glowing user reviews, so perhaps this is worth just trying out! A keeper...
8Doors does have a really nice artstyle... however, as I've mentioned many times before... platformers aren't really my sort of thing. However, I've noticed that my two girls have started getting into platforming types of games... so, perhaps this will end up in my collection just for them to play! The Korean folklore setting is enough to pique my curiosity as well!
Greak... sigh, another platformer. It does look pretty nice though! I think this will be a keeper just for the art-style and for my girls to experience!
Fling to the Finish... a co-op racing game where you are tied together? Interesting... but I think in the end, there are better co-op party/couch games that I would prefer to play. However... it does have pretty decent reviews... and so, I'm a bit torn as to whether to sell it or keep it. Probably will keep it just to see how it plays out.
TOHU is a beautiful looking puzzle game... I am definitely keeping this one. My older girl loves puzzle games!
Voidigo... a retro styled roguelite shooter. Sigh, there are just too many of these sorts of games at the moment, and I'm not really a bit fan of twin stick shooter games. It might be pretty decent (at least according to the reviews), but it isn't really my thing. This is going straight to the store!
Humble Bundle is an awesome subscription service, dropping up to 10 games each month of around 300 euros in price for the low low price of 12 USD. In addition you get access to the Humble Trove of downloadable games that accessible as long as you have a subscription and up to 20% discounts on the games being sold on the main store (in addition to any other discounts).
So, a super great deal... however, I have found that it is incredibly annoying to not have a historical listing of ALL the past Monthly drops in a place that is easy to find and accessible. I have to trawl through my old monthly purchases to look individually to see what has already dropped! There doesn't even seem to be a compilation of this information anywhere on the internet (not that I could find at least...).... so, I'm going to be releasing an updated historical list of Monthly Bundles each month (surprise...) when the Choice bundle drops.
Mostly, this is more for my own sanity... and I really hope that it is of some use to other people as well. When a sale goes up, I always am wondering if I already own the game (I don't tend to claim the purchases and keys immediately...) and if I'm going to be double buying the Steam key... or if the game goes on sale on Switch or a different platform, I don't want to be buying a second copy again!... or maybe someone will see this and see what a great deal
Humble Bundle really is! Plus, if you like e-books (comics and books) or audiobooks, there are often Pay-What-You-Want deals going on all the time!
So, without further ADO!... the historical listings, in reverse chronological order (newest first..) of the Humble Choice games... from when I first joined! This is being done manually... it is a pain in the arse, but Humble doesn't make it easy! Still, when it is done, each new month will be easier to do! Just got to remember to make a template...
